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Fenster writes: A friend of UR posts at a different site and sometimes his thoughts seem in line with the UR vibe. So FWIW here are two: –a post on diversity as experienced in the vicinity of Harvard Square, and … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: More commentary on commentator David Brooks here.

Fenster writes: Fenster’s readership is, to put it nicely, narrow.  But it is deep.  And so in keeping with that narrow and deep theme here is a book that may appeal to some UR readers: Astral Weeks: A Secret History … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: City Journal is running a short and interesting article by Ibn Warraq on the American feminist scholar Phyllis Chesler’s work on honor killings.  Warraq is a critic of Islam and something of an apostate, which may account for … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: I wrote previously of my respect for the way Michael Lind parses our current situation.  As I noted Lind sometimes appears to tilt right and other times left, suggesting an Andrew Sullivan-like tippy brilliance.  But whereas Sullivan really … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: There is a new line of thinking developing from anti-Trumpers on immigration.  You hear if from people like David Frum and Damon Linker. It goes like this: Trump is a cruel xenophobe but Democrats need to be wary … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: It only takes a couple of generations for social things to come full circle, with that generation’s victims this generation’s bullies, and so on. Here is a photo of Amsterdam’s “white bicycle” program, a free bicycle share idea … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: The mainstream (i.e., anti-Trump) position on family separation is at least as disingenuous that of the Administration.  Much of the grandstanding in Congress relates to whether Trump can stop separation “with a phone call”.  Further, the mainstream press … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: Design is the new IP Design is the new marketing Design is the new currency Design is the new engineering Design is the new green Design is the new black Design, it seems, has some powerful mojo. Yet … Continue reading →